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From a Post on the W3C Web Site by Ivan Herman: W3C has launched the concepts of Community and Business Groups a few weeks ago. These groups are easy-to-create, open groups for developers, with only very few strings attached (essentially, one has to have a W3C account, public or member, to join the group). In […]
You can find the complete compilation of facts and stats put together by the U.S. Census here. Have a great holiday. A Few Highlights 153.2 million Number of people 16 and older in the nation’s labor force in July 2011. 5.9 million The number of people who work from home. 11+ hours About 11 percent […]
From California Watch: California interest groups have filed nearly 7,000 reports in the first half of 2011 disclosing what bills and issues they have lobbied in state government. We’ve taken those forms and created a one-of-a-kind database that allows you to search who is lobbying any bill before the Legislature. Simply type a bill number […]
Most Downloaded lists are available for the U.S., Canada, UK, and Australia. A global ranking is also available. Discussion About August 2011 Lists by Jason Sockel (via OverDrive Library Blog) Direct to Access All Lists (Top 10 For Each Category are Available) Worldwide #1s For August 2011 Download eBooks – Adult Fiction The Help, by […]
Impermium has released the first Impermium Index. From an Introductory Blog Post [The Impermium Index is] the first, comprehensive set of data and analysis on the types and severity of social web spam and abuse. It shows that not only are social web attacks growing exponentially in number, but there is an increasing sophistication to the […]
Digitized Newspapers: South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive is Now Available
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Resources
|From the Digital Library of Georgia Blog: The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the availability of a new online resource: The South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive [Clip] The archive includes the following south Georgia newspaper titles: the Albany News (1870-1883), the Albany Patriot (1845-1866), the Americus Times Recorder (1881-1921), the Sumter Republican […]
Archives.com Begins Providing Access to Some U.S. Census Data & Pledges Money For More Digitization
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Preservation, Resources
|From an <a href=”http://www.archives.com/blog/press/archivescom-adds-the-us-census.html”>Archives.com Blog Post:</a> Today, Archives.com announces the addition of the U.S. Federal Census, the single most valuable collection of U.S. historical records. The U.S. Census collections were made available by FamilySearch International, the world’s largest genealogy organization, as part of a joint effort to introduce more records to family historians worldwide. In […]
From an Announcement: Co-founded by the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative, a joint programme of the World Bank Group and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) Legal Library supports asset recovery and anti-corruption efforts and assists in implementing legislation which supports anti-corruption and asset recovery. […]
Info Industry: SAE Digital Library Adds eBooks and EBSCO Adds Adam Matthew Group Adds Primary Source Collections
Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, EBSCO, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Preservation, Publishing
|1. Mobile: All Oxford Journals (More than 250 From Oxford U. Press) Are Now Mobile-Optimized Powered by Highwire Press platform. 1. Engineering: SAE’s Digital Library Database is Now Home to 117 Full Text eBooks 2. History: EBSCO Publishing and the Adam Matthew Group Adds Primary Source Collections to EBSCO Discovery Service 3. Digital Preservation: eJournals: […]
Direct: Reuters Factbox A state-by-state rundown. Direct to Reuters Hurricane Irene Aftermath Map Direct to Chart: U.S. Weather Disasters in 2011 10 $1 Billion+ Events So Far This Year